Inspiring People and/or Ideas for the Classroom

With so much information out there on the Internet, it is good to have some information at hand to help you in the classroom!

Here are some great celebrities doing their part in helping support literacy.

Dolly Parton with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library at http://imaginationlibrary.com

Will Ferrell with Milk and Bookies at http://milkandbookies.org

Greg Kinnear and Vince Vaughan with Jumpstart at http://www.jstart.org

Bono with Mencap at http://www.mencap.org.uk

While each celebrity and organization focuses on their own individual passion, it is obvious they are all passionate about literacy.

Important resource information for teachers

https://tvaas.com focuses on training and development, but also has information for parents.

http://tnelc.org is and electronic learning center.

http://pbsleraningmedia.org has a plethora of information for teachers, students and parents.

http://www.edutopia.org has information on visual literacy.

http://www.tnliteracy.org is the Tennessee Literacy Coalition.

http://www.corestandards.orgis the Common Core State Standards website.